Obama Trainwreck part CCC

Friday

Mar 28, 2014 at 11:18 AMMar 28, 2014 at 1:54 PM

A new AP poll shows that 28% of Americans approve of Obamacare, and the number is falling rapidly. Since AP is a KoolAid drinker, I wouldn’t be surprised if actual support for Obamacare is really in the 23% range and falling rapidly.

It’s easy to see why. Its March 28, 2014, and I don’t know if I have health insurance. I liked my health insurance. I wanted to keep it. But I couldn’t. So I got offered something “equivalent” that was almost double the price. I know that we’ve been trying to get health insurance. For us its not a matter of cost–it was a question of bewildering paperwork and a check being cashed, which hasn’t happened, and I don’t know if the paperwork is processed and I can’t find anyone who knows. So, I may be part of the new uninsured–uninsured not because of lack of means, but uninsured because of a bureaucratic train wreck that simply can’t tell me if I’m insured or not, and if not, what we have to do. I consider myself pretty savvy. I’m also indifferent. If I don’t have health insurance, I don’t really care. My guess is that a lot of people who used to have insurance, or want insurance, have simply given up trying to understand something which seems almost Byzantine in its confusion and complexity.

But I can understand why Obamacare is becoming increasingly unpopular. The government, once again, has proven that it excels at taking a bad situation and making it worse, or creating problems where none previously existed.

Rob Meltzer

A new AP poll shows that 28% of Americans approve of Obamacare, and the number is falling rapidly. Since AP is a KoolAid drinker, I wouldn’t be surprised if actual support for Obamacare is really in the 23% range and falling rapidly.

It’s easy to see why. Its March 28, 2014, and I don’t know if I have health insurance. I liked my health insurance. I wanted to keep it. But I couldn’t. So I got offered something “equivalent” that was almost double the price. I know that we’ve been trying to get health insurance. For us its not a matter of cost–it was a question of bewildering paperwork and a check being cashed, which hasn’t happened, and I don’t know if the paperwork is processed and I can’t find anyone who knows. So, I may be part of the new uninsured–uninsured not because of lack of means, but uninsured because of a bureaucratic train wreck that simply can’t tell me if I’m insured or not, and if not, what we have to do. I consider myself pretty savvy. I’m also indifferent. If I don’t have health insurance, I don’t really care. My guess is that a lot of people who used to have insurance, or want insurance, have simply given up trying to understand something which seems almost Byzantine in its confusion and complexity.

But I can understand why Obamacare is becoming increasingly unpopular. The government, once again, has proven that it excels at taking a bad situation and making it worse, or creating problems where none previously existed.

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